4 Terramezic Energy by John O'Riley

Author:John O'Riley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Josephine, Maggie, Alex, and Jake stood among the parked police cars with their blue and crimson lights strobing as night descended on them at the main parking lot of the Siesta Key beach. The sun had dipped beyond the horizon only moments ago, staining the sky pink. Maggie clutched a large, blue satchel containing the quartz clusters with the long-range terramezic scanners in her right hand as the two of them waited for Arthur and his two enforcers to arrive. A sense of nervous anticipation permeated the air as the police officers stood guard to prevent any attacks by APU 81. The entire beach was closed because of their enchantment that would hopefully reveal all of APU 81’s hideouts and more importantly, where it kept its crystal skull.

“I wish we didn’t need other enforcers to do this spell.” Josephine hated to rely on Arthur for anything and because his team was assigned to the same case, the federal authorities had made the decision that they would perform the scan together.

“Me, too.” Maggie shifted her grip on the cloth satchel. “We really need this to work. Mark’s been stranded on that world for five days now.”

Anxiety twisted in Josephine’s gut and she patted her pants pockets to reassure herself that she’d remembered to tuck away her power wands. Arthur arrived in a large brown sedan with gold trim and tinted glass windows. He, Brent, and Clarence crossed the parking lot to meet Josephine and Maggie. The five of them made their way down the beach toward the shoreline with the police officers and detectives trailing behind them.

“There was no sign of APU 81 at all?” Arthur asked.

“No, it hasn’t tried anything yet.” Josephine glanced around her.

Power radiated from the vortex and washed over them, infusing them with its energy. They halted several feet from the lapping waves of the ocean and Maggie handed everyone a quartz cluster containing the long-range terramezic scanner. Josephine couldn’t help but admire Maggie’s ingenuity in designing a spell like this even though she had other enchantments as a starting point. Of course, the massive energy required to perform it was dangerous even though she’d built in safeguards. The group cupped their crystals in front of them as they formed a rough circle.

“Is everyone ready?” Maggie swept a questioning gaze over the group.

“We’re ready,” Brent confirmed.

“Yes,” Josephine said.

Arthur and Clarence nodded their heads while their attention remained transfixed to their stones. Maggie activated her enchantment first and everyone else followed suit. The interlocking spells worked just as designed. An invisible energy grid snapped into place, linking the five wizards and their enchantments together. Josephine made certain to keep tabs on the alignment of the energy matrix. Raw power cascaded through her as she continued to direct the spell. Unfortunately, the interlocking spells began to shift out of alignment between the wizards. Josephine used the utmost care and finesse to sync up with Maggie on her left and Clarence on her right but she could tell the others struggled to do the same and weren’t quite making it.

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